Re: Appropriate expectation on the degree of cygwin and MS interoperability

2010-01-02 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 01/01/2010 07:06 AM, neil.mowb...@calgacus.com wrote: I suppose at its core the question is about the intent of cygwin. Is it (1) to provide unix like capabilities to a MS platform (in which case one would expect/demand a high degree of interoperability), or (2) to provide a unix like isla

Re: Appropriate expectation on the degree of cygwin and MS interoperability

2010-01-01 Thread Tim Prince
neil.mowb...@calgacus.com wrote: For the most part the cygwin tools interoperate with MS artifacts but it does break down, especially, with 64bit artifacts. For example, nm can work with 32bit object files created by MS cl.exe but it cannot work with 64bit MS object files (unrecognised file for

Re: Appropriate expectation on the degree of cygwin and MS interoperability

2010-01-01 Thread JonY
On 1/1/2010 20:37, JonY wrote: On 1/1/2010 20:06, neil.mowb...@calgacus.com wrote: Folks, A bit of a vague question but any greater clarity concerning the appropriate level of interoperability between Cygwin and MS would be appreciated. I have my Windows 6 and 7 platforms configured to build s

Re: Appropriate expectation on the degree of cygwin and MS interoperability

2010-01-01 Thread JonY
On 1/1/2010 20:06, neil.mowb...@calgacus.com wrote: Folks, A bit of a vague question but any greater clarity concerning the appropriate level of interoperability between Cygwin and MS would be appreciated. I have my Windows 6 and 7 platforms configured to build software using different toolchai